New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 8 a plea seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, saying that the matter is shown as listed on August 8 and requested that it not be deleted from the list of that day.

CJI accepted the request and said the matter will not be deleted from the list on August 8.

The application stated that it is necessary to pass appropriate directions to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir as soon as possible, in a time-bound manner, as undertaken by the Union of India.

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